Elizabeth Esty

Elizabeth Esty (25 August 1959-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CN 5) from 3 January 2013, succeeding Chris Murphy.

Biography
Elizabeth Esty was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1959, and she volunteered for Planned Parenthood in college before becoming a law clerk for a federal judge, a Supreme Court lawyer in Washington DC, and a professor at American University. She was involved with local politics in Connecticut, including a spell on the Cheshire Town Council, and she was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2012 as a Democratic Party member. She was a member of the centrist New Democrats.